Hook for supporting belts



G. VIDMER HOOK FOR SUPPORTING BELTS Filed Feb. 14.- 1924 Qui'.LL\-W Dui cLAsPs. ETC

. Aug. 25, 1925.

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Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE VIDMER, 0F THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

HOOK FOR SUPPORTING BELTS.

Application filed February 15, 1924. Serial No. 692,778.

(GRANTED UNDER THE ACT 0F MARCH 3, 1883; 22 STAT. L. 625.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE VIDMER, colonel, Cavalry, a citizen of the United States, stationed at Washington, D. C., have invented Improvements in Hooks for Supporting Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention described herein may be used by the Government, lor any of its officers or employees in the prosecution of work for the Government, or by any other person in the United States, without payment of any royalty thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in hooks and more particularly to a type of hook adapted to be removably mounted in a garment such as a coat and is especially designed for use in the Army for supporting and mounting such afs the Sam Browne or other form of belt which is a part of the United States Army equipment.

An object being to provide a removable hook that may be quickly applied to the garment and may be securely held in place without the use of sewing or other relatively inconvenient means.

A further object being to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive article that may quickly and without dc nger of breaking, be removed from the coat when necessary, such as when sent to be cleaned, or in the case of khaki uniform, when the garment is laundered. Said hooks being removed when a garment such as an overcoat is worn over the uniform, the latter being the garment in which said improved hook is mounted.

These and other objects will appear in the following description and be finally pointed out in the claims, it being understood that slight changes in form and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit o-f the invention.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings in which:

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Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of my improved hooks.

Reference now being had to the drawings by numerals, l indicates a fragment of the garment in which the hook 2 is mounted.

The present Army uniform is so constructed as to provide vertical seams at points where hooks are desired to support either the Sam Browne or other equipment belts worn by and forming part of the regular equipment of the United States Army.

In said seams, which are located just in rear of the sides of the garment, are provided with button holed or otherwise reinforced slits 3, by simply opening the seams for a short distance and button holing the separated edges to prevent wear and further separation of the seam. 4

The hook is preferably constructed of a single piece of comparatively stout wire, having a surface finish to correspond with the other metal parts of the uniform. Said wire is bent on itself as shown at 4, the members lying parallel, and preferably in close contact with each other, and form the outer vertical portion of the hook 5. At the lower end the members are bent back in the opposite direction as seen at 6, and extend upwardly and parallel with the portion 5, but a suficient distance therefrom to admit the belt as indicated at 7 in dotted lines, Figs. l and 2. The portion 6 of the hook extends up to slightly below the upper end of the portion 5, where a slight bend as shown at 8, is given the wires toward the member 5, which slightly reduces the entrance into the belt retaining loop made up of the parts 5 and 6. The parallel wires of the hook are then given a reverse or downward bend in line with the members 5 and 6, extending a short distance in line therewith but gradually approaching the portion 6 of the hook, thereby providing a clamping portion 9' between the adjacent faces of the portions 6 and 9, into which the edge of the garment is forced when the hook is forced downwardly in the slit in the garment.

From the portion 9 of the hook, the members thereof separate and are coiled in opposite directions to provide lateral enlarged portions as seen at 10, adapted to prevent withdrawal of the hook from the garment.

With the parts as here described, a comparatively invisible slit as shown at 8, that is normally closed when the hook is not in use, is provided. W'hen the hook is to be worn, it is inserted into the slit from the inside of the garment, and pulled down firmly to the lower portion ot the slit, with the edge of the goods up between the portion 9 and the rear face ot the upper portion of member 6, where it is clamped in a. manner to prevent accidental displacement. jWhen the belt 7 is inserted into the hook it rests between the inner tace of the hook and the portion G thereof and is clamped or retained in place by the portion 8, which tends to clamp the belt at said point.

l/Vhere a preferred form of my device is shown as constructed of a single piece of wire, slight changes in form and of material may be resorted to within the scope of the claims.

It will be noted that there is no positive connection between the belt support and the belt. The `restricted portion at the upper end of the loop tends to prevent a belt jumping out of the hook but at the same time permits longitudinal movement oi the belt in the hook which enables the adjustment of the garment in relation to the belt to bring about a smooth condition ot' the garment should either relative position be disturbed through accident of the wearer or weight carried by the belt. By this means damage to the parts is prevented since the parts are permitted to give under extraordinary strain and thereby prevent tearing of the garment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a belt and a garment having an opening, of a removable belt support, consisting oi a belt receiving hook adapted to pass through said opening and rest against the outer face of the garment, an enlarged portion adapted to rest against the inner Ytace of the garment and clamp the garment between it and the hook, said hook being provided with means that tend to prevent upward movement oi' the belt and permit longitudinal movement thereof, without releasing same.

2. rlhe combination with abelt and a gar'- ment having an opening, of a removable belt sii'ppt a'daptedmto permit longitudinal adjustment of the belt in said support, consisting of a belt receiving hook adapted to pass through said opening' and rest against the outer lace of the garment, an enlarged portion adapted to rest against the inner face ot the garment and clamp the garment between it and the hook, said hook being provided near the upper edge of the belt with a restricted portion which tends to prevent accidental removal o't' the belt from the hook, and permits longitudinal movement of the belt without releasing same.

Feb. 6, 1924.

GEORGE VIDMER. 

